Oswald Victor BROOKS

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BROOKS, Oswald Victor

Service Number:	1622
Enlisted:	20 March 1916, 1st Reinforcements Mount Gambier, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Millicent, Wattle Range - South Australia, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Glencoe, Wattle Range, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 August 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette Beacon Cemetery Beacon Cemetery (Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 7), Sailly-Laurette, France, Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, Bray-sur-Somme, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Glencoe Soldiers Memorial, Millicent War Memorial, Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls, Mount Gambier War Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1622, 43rd Infantry Battalion, 1st Reinforcements Mount Gambier, South Australia
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1622, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1622, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1622 awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-22

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Biography

Father Thomas Brooks and Mother Ann (nee ) , Glencoe West, SA

Brother #5829 - Gordon Raymond Brooks
Embarked 22/6/1916; Discharged Melbourne 2/1/1918; Died 28/5/1918.

Described on enlisting as 18 years 1 month old; single; 5' 6" tall; 135 lbs;
medium fair complexion; blue eyes; light brown hair; Presbyterian.

20/3/1916 Enlisted in Mount Gambier
completed medical - fit for service

9/6/1916 Embarked from Adelaide (Outer Harbour) on board HMAT A19 Aric
Private in 41st Battalion

22/8/1918       Killed in action
Buried in:        Beacon Cemetery
                       Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 7, Sailly-Laurette, France

Medals:
British War medal ( ; Victory Medal (

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 26 October 2014. Lst we forget.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Private O. V. BROOKS, eldest surviving son of Mr. T. Brooks, of Glencoe West, has been killed in action in France. He enlisted early in 1916, and was attached to the 43rd Battalion. He went through much hard fighting on the western front. He was severely gassed, but after some months in hospital in England he returned to his unit. Private Brooks was highly respected, throughout the Glencoe district. He was 19 years of age. His brother, Gordon, who enlisted with him, was invalided home last year and died a few months ago.

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